[Hou&e  Bufc,  No.  M'.1 

HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES,  May   lo,  f864.— Read  first 

and  second  times  and  referred  to  t^e  Committee  on  Military  Affairs. 
May  24,  1864. — Reported  back  favorably.  Postponed,  made  a  special 
order  after  tax  bills,  and  ordered  to  be  printed. 

[By  Mr.  Mili 


A.    BILL 

To  be  entitled  An  Act  for  the  organisation  of  the   Bureau  of  Con- 
scription*, and  the  appointment  of  officers  in  said  Bureau. 

1  Section  I.    The  Congress  of  tl  S    !<s  of  America  do 

2  nhct,  Thai  the  :~  iption,  in  connection  with  the 
g  War  the  execution  of  such 
4  duties  as  ma  of  War,  under 
•*>  the  acts  of  Congress  ti  urther  for  ;."  ptfblic  defence, 
G  and  to  o  shall  consist 

7  of  a  Chief  of  ri  ,;adier  general 

8  in  the  provisional  armj  ,  one  witih  the  rank  of 

9  lieutenant  colonel,  and   the  other  ank  of  major,   and 

10  such  subordinates.,  witl  ik  of  captain,  not  exceeding  four, 

11  as  the  wants  of  the  service  may  require,   and    three  inspectors, 

12  with  the  rank  of  colonel       These  officers   may  be  selected  and 
I.:  assigned,  with  their  rariK  aforesaid,  from  the   provisional    aruiyj 


14  or  may  be  appointed  by  the  President,  by  and  with  the  advice 

1 5  and  consent  of  the  Senate. 

1  Sec.  2.    That  ther*  shall  be  appointed  in  each  State  a  com- 

2  mander  of  oonscript3.   with   the  rank  of  colonel,  who   shall  be 

3  charged  with  the  superintendence  and  control  of  the  business  of 

4  conscription  in  the  State,  under  the  direction  of  the  Bureau  and 

5  the  War  Department,   commanders  of  camps  of  instruction  and 

6  enrolling  officers  in  each  congressional  district,  with  the  rank  of 

7  major,  and  such   sub-enrolling  officers   and  drillmasters  as  the 

8  service  may  require,  with  the  rank  of  captains  and  lieutenants,  as 

9  the  Secretary  of  War  may  deem  necessary  for  the  service  in  the 
10  States. 

1  Sec  3.  That  there  may  be  appointed  in  each  State  one  assist- 

2  ant  quartermaster,  with  the  rank  of  captain,  and  two  assistant 

3  commissaries,  with  similar  rank,  for  assignment  to  duty  at  the 

4  camps  of  instruction,  if  their  service  be  required,  and  who  may 

5  select  suitable  agents  to  assist  them,  who  shall  give  bond  for  the 

6  performance  of  their  duty. 

1  Sec  4.    That  the  officers  appointed  under  this  act  shall  have 

2  the  pay  and  allowances  corresponding  to  their  rank  of  officers  of 

3  cavalry,  and  officers  may  be  assigned  to  them  from  the  invalid 

4  corps,  with  the  temporary  rank  belonging  to  the  service  to  which 

5  they  may  be  assigned. 

\        ^SFrc,  5,  That  the  Secretary  of  War  shall  hav^  power  to  make 


2  allowances  to   commanders  of  camps   of   instruction,   enrolling 

3  officers,  sub-enrolling  officers  and  other  employees  of  the  Bureau 

4  of  Conscription  who  have  heretofore  been  employed,  not  exceed- 
~>  ing  the  rates  hereinbefore  specified  for  the  service  performed. 


AMENDMENT  BY  MILITARY  COMMITTEE. 

Ado"  to  the  end  of  the  third  section  : 

1  Provided,  That  quartermasters,  commissaries  and  their  agents 

2  and  employees,  when  appointed,  shall   be   taken  from  those  not 

3  liable  to  military  duty  under  the  several  acts  of  Congress  in  such 

4  case  made  and  provided. 


